Jamie
Creative Practice
I am a multidisciplinary creative – a poet, writer, director and theatremaker. My creative practice explores questions of the body, automation and cyborgism, care, mortality, the past, memory and nature.
An extraordinary moment in time where trans and disabled artistry doesn’t just take the stage, but rewires the space around it.
Vincent Jaskowski-Prowse – Attitude (Transpose: SUBVERSE, Barbican Centre, 2025, dir. Jamie Hale)
I won the Evening Standard Future Theatre Fund Theatremaker of the Year in 2021. Jerwood Arts also awarded me a Jerwood Poetry Fellowship in 2021-22. I was shortlisted for the Sky Arts Awards for Theatre in 2025.
My creative practice is multidisciplinary. I have had poetry published in Rialto, Magma, and by Verve Poetry Press (Shield, my first pamphlet). My poetry and spoken-word show, NOT DYING / Quality of Life is Not a Measurable Outcome has been staged at Glastonbury, the Barbican, the Roundhouse, HOME Manchester, and internationally. As a director, I have directed at the Barbican Centre, HOME Manchester, on an international Telepresence project, at UCL, and more.
I am working on my first full poetry collection, a book of essays, and two books of guidance for emerging directors. Alongside this, I am developing a large-scale Romeo and Juliet with the University of Sheffield. I am also researching barriers to the literature sector with Spread the Word.
As a disabled creative, I am interested in the barriers disabled people face in building sustainable arts careers. My workshops include those focusing on arts careers, as well as career, process and practice mentoring for disabled creatives developing their careers and reimagining their creative practice. I am also available for commissions across poetry, essay, journalism and playwriting. To find out more, just contact me.
